We just recently moved to the hills of PA. The house is in the middle of nowhere where our nearest neighbor is more than a football field away and we are the final house on the street which just sort of runs into the forest for a few hundred feet and ends there. So there really isn't any reason for cars to come down this way unless they are coming to see us.
About an hour and a half ago as we were getting the little one ready for bed, our doorbell rang. I found this rather strange especially since there are no street lights outside and we didn't have our outdoor lights on either. So, somebody was standing out there in the pitch darkness.
I had a S&W640 J-frame .357mag snubbie in from from pocket loaded with .38special +P ammo, so I turned on the porch lights to see a guy standing there. I went ahead to open the door and asked him what he wanted. He said that he had lost his way to the highway and wanted to know if he could come in.
I didn't see a reason to invite him in and just gave him directs on how to get back on the main road. As I locked the door and shut off the outside lights, I mentioned to my wife that it was sort of odd for him to be lost in our neighborhood since we are pretty far off the beaten path.
About 15-20 minutes later, the doorbell rang again. I once again turned on the lights to now find TWO individuals standing out there. The original guy and now a second individual. I opened the door and they asked if they could come in to use the phone because the steering wheel in their car wasn't working (as they pointed to their car parked in front of our house) and they wanted to call for help.
I told them that I would make the call for them and asked them what the number was. They began looking through their pockets looking for the number and saying that they weren't sure. At which point, I told them that if they weren't sure what the number was, then there was definitely no reason for them to come in. I offered to call triple-A for them but they declined and walked away.
At this point I started to get a bit paranoid and a little bit worried because things just didn't feel right so I grabbed my Para-Ordnance P13.45LDA and strapped it on my waist and placed a spare pre-ban 13-round mag in my pocket.
About half an hour later, the doorbell rings for a third time and this time there are three of them out there. I once again open the door and they once again ask to use the phone because the steering wheel on their car isn't working. As they are speaking, I notice that the car is now parked on the other side of the street facing the other way.
If the steering wheel wasn't working, how did they turn the car around and WHY did they turn the car around. Again, things are not adding up for me in my head.
This time they rattle off a telephone number. I call to my wife to grab the cordless phone and dial the number. The Mrs dials the number but the person who picks up the phone has no clue to what we're talking about.
"Juan's car broke down and he needs you to come pick him up" "I don't know anyone named Juan."
"Jose's car broke down and he needs you to come pick him up" "I don't know anyone named Jose."
"Hector's car broke down and he needs you to come pick him up" "I don't know anyone named Hector."
I again offer to call triple-A for them but they say "no" and walk away. Maybe I'm being paranoid but things just didn't feel right. The wife didn't think so either and grabbed her Browning BDA380 filled with 14 rounds of .380ACP (she's recoil sensative but the BDA380 kicks like a .22 because it's a fairly large gun for the caliber and she can hit the X-ring with it at 25-yards ... I would rather have her hit her target with a .380ACP than miss it with a more powerful caliber).
It's now been close to an hour with no activity but the car still appears to be parked outside but I can't be certain if anyone is inside.
Am I being paranoid? How would you handle a situation like this?
About an hour and a half ago as we were getting the little one ready for bed, our doorbell rang. I found this rather strange especially since there are no street lights outside and we didn't have our outdoor lights on either. So, somebody was standing out there in the pitch darkness.
I had a S&W640 J-frame .357mag snubbie in from from pocket loaded with .38special +P ammo, so I turned on the porch lights to see a guy standing there. I went ahead to open the door and asked him what he wanted. He said that he had lost his way to the highway and wanted to know if he could come in.
I didn't see a reason to invite him in and just gave him directs on how to get back on the main road. As I locked the door and shut off the outside lights, I mentioned to my wife that it was sort of odd for him to be lost in our neighborhood since we are pretty far off the beaten path.
About 15-20 minutes later, the doorbell rang again. I once again turned on the lights to now find TWO individuals standing out there. The original guy and now a second individual. I opened the door and they asked if they could come in to use the phone because the steering wheel in their car wasn't working (as they pointed to their car parked in front of our house) and they wanted to call for help.
I told them that I would make the call for them and asked them what the number was. They began looking through their pockets looking for the number and saying that they weren't sure. At which point, I told them that if they weren't sure what the number was, then there was definitely no reason for them to come in. I offered to call triple-A for them but they declined and walked away.
At this point I started to get a bit paranoid and a little bit worried because things just didn't feel right so I grabbed my Para-Ordnance P13.45LDA and strapped it on my waist and placed a spare pre-ban 13-round mag in my pocket.
About half an hour later, the doorbell rings for a third time and this time there are three of them out there. I once again open the door and they once again ask to use the phone because the steering wheel on their car isn't working. As they are speaking, I notice that the car is now parked on the other side of the street facing the other way.
If the steering wheel wasn't working, how did they turn the car around and WHY did they turn the car around. Again, things are not adding up for me in my head.
This time they rattle off a telephone number. I call to my wife to grab the cordless phone and dial the number. The Mrs dials the number but the person who picks up the phone has no clue to what we're talking about.
"Juan's car broke down and he needs you to come pick him up" "I don't know anyone named Juan."
"Jose's car broke down and he needs you to come pick him up" "I don't know anyone named Jose."
"Hector's car broke down and he needs you to come pick him up" "I don't know anyone named Hector."
I again offer to call triple-A for them but they say "no" and walk away. Maybe I'm being paranoid but things just didn't feel right. The wife didn't think so either and grabbed her Browning BDA380 filled with 14 rounds of .380ACP (she's recoil sensative but the BDA380 kicks like a .22 because it's a fairly large gun for the caliber and she can hit the X-ring with it at 25-yards ... I would rather have her hit her target with a .380ACP than miss it with a more powerful caliber).
It's now been close to an hour with no activity but the car still appears to be parked outside but I can't be certain if anyone is inside.
Am I being paranoid? How would you handle a situation like this?
unless it's a stolen hot wired car with steering wheel lock problems.
